The Act took effect in Jamaica. Children under six and people born after the appointed date were free, but most adults were reclassified as apprentices and required to keep working under former enslavers' authority. Enslaved people did not receive the compensation paid to owners. This limited transition preserved plantation labor control and delayed full freedom, while families and communities continued to press for autonomy, land and control of their own work.
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Most Jamaican adults were legally reclassified as apprentices and remained under plantation labor controls until the system ended.